Dispersal strategies of Aceria guerreronis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a coconut pest.

Experimental & Applied Acarology
Andréia S GalvãoM G C Gondim

Abstract

The dispersal of plant-feeding mites can occur involuntarily, through transportation of infested plant parts, or voluntarily, by walking to new plant parts or to suitable spots where biotic (phoresis) or abiotic (wind, agricultural tools, etc.) factors carry them over long distances. Elucidating the dispersal mechanisms of the coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer, is important for understanding the process of colonization of new fruits of a same or different plants, essential for the improvement of control strategies of this serious coconut pest. Thus, the objective of this work was to investigate the voluntary dispersal mechanisms of this mite. The hypothesis that the coconut mite disperses by walking, phoresis or wind were tested. The coconut mite was shown to be able to walk short distances between fruits of the same bunch or between bunches of the same plant. Phoresis on insects of the orders Hymenoptera (Apidae), Coleoptera (Curculionidae) and Lepidoptera (Phycitidae) was evaluated in the laboratory and in the field. Although in the laboratory mites were shown to be able to climb onto honeybees, field investigations failed to show these insects as important carriers of the pest, corroborating findings of previous works;...Continue Reading

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Nov 16, 2013·Experimental & Applied Acarology·J W S MeloM G C Gondim
Nov 30, 2012·Experimental & Applied Acarology·Denise NaviaGilberto José de Moraes
Jul 19, 2014·Experimental & Applied Acarology·J W S MeloM G C Gondim
Jul 19, 2014·Experimental & Applied Acarology·J W S MeloM G C Gondim
Aug 10, 2015·Experimental & Applied Acarology·J W S MeloM W Sabelis
Nov 8, 2016·Bulletin of Entomological Research·D B LimaA Janssen
Nov 26, 2013·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·Zhiwei XuShilu Tong
Oct 6, 2021·Experimental & Applied Acarology·Agnieszka MajerAnna Skoracka

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